Patents by Inventor Thomas Schuster

Thomas Schuster has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11952302
    Abstract: A process for the production of a fluorinated quartz glass including the steps of generating SiO2 particles in a synthesis burner; depositing the resulting SiO2 particles into a body; and vitrifying the resulting body, wherein a fluorinating agent having a boiling point greater than or equal to ?10° C. is supplied to the synthesis burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Ochs, Thomas Kayser, Martin Trommer, Andreas Langner, Sascha Pihan, Kay Schuster, Michael Hünermann
  • Patent number: 11945314
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive train includes supplying a motor voltage to an electric motor by a converter for achieving a torque setpoint value, determining an angular velocity actual value and an angular acceleration actual value from values of the angular position of the rotor, determining the torque setpoint value from a moment of inertia and an angular acceleration setpoint value, which is determined as an actuation variable, determining the moment of inertia as the sum of the moment of inertia of the drive train without a load and the moment of inertia of the load, and determining the moment of inertia of the load from a torque actual value and from the angular acceleration actual value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Schuster
  • Publication number: 20240093427
    Abstract: A textile fabric with a woven support layer including at least polyethylene and/or polyester fibres. A surface coating is applied onto at least one surface of the support layer, and the surface coating includes at least one polymer blend. The polymer blend has at least one mixture of polyethylene and polyethylene-vinyl acetate, and the polymer blend has more than 40 wt. % of polyethylene-vinyl acetate, based on the total weight of the polymer blend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MEHLER TEXNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Josef BRENNER, Nicole SCHUSTER, Carina ERDMANN, Lothar SZYMKOWIAK, Thomas STRAUBE
  • Patent number: 11798752
    Abstract: A selector can be used in an on-load tap changer. The selector includes: a tap selector comprising at least one selector arm; and a change-over selector. The change-over selector is configured to be actuated via at least one of the selector arms of the tap selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schuster, Georg Kellendorfer, Andreas Raith
  • Patent number: 11695362
    Abstract: In a method for monitoring the operation of an electric motor and a lifting mechanism, the motor current is acquired, and the electric motor has, for example, an electromagnetically actuable brake, e.g., a holding brake. In the method, a pre-magnetization is performed when the electric motor is switched on, the characteristic of the acquired values of the motor current is monitored for an exceeding of a permissible measure of deviation from a setpoint characteristic, and a brake of the electric motor is activated, e.g., remains applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Schuster, Robert Becker
  • Publication number: 20230150689
    Abstract: A structural part for lightning strike protection, preferably of an aircraft includes a first structure element, wherein the first structure element includes a conducting material and is adapted to conduct electric currents into a grounded conducting airframe structure, and a second structure element, wherein the second structure element includes an outer layer with a first surface, wherein the outer layer includes a composite, preferably carbon-fibre reinforced plastic, CFRP or glass-fibre reinforced plastic GFRP. The structural part further includes a first elongated, preferably wedge-shaped, electrical conductor, with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first elongated electrical conductor is connected to the first structure element and extends through the second structure element to the first surface, so that the second end of the first elongated electrical conductor serves as a lightning receptor without impairing the radar cross section of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Karch, Kay Dittrich, Matthias Bleckmann, Thomas Schuster
  • Publication number: 20220415587
    Abstract: An on-load tap changer is for uninterrupted diverter switch operation. The on-load tap changer includes: a first module having a first module shaft; and a second module having a second module shaft. The first module shaft is configured to actuate the first module. The second module shaft is configured to actuate the second module. The first module shaft and the second module shaft are mechanically coupled to one another in such a way that the first module shaft is configured to drive the second module shaft and the second module is configured to be actuated with a time delay with respect to the first module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Schuster, Georg Kellendorfer
  • Publication number: 20220406534
    Abstract: An on-load tap changer uninterruptedly switches between winding taps of a tap-changing transformer. The on-load tap changer includes: at least one selector configured to preselect, in a powerless manner, a selected winding tap of the winding taps; at least one diverter switch configured to actually switch loads from a previous winding tap to a preselected winding tap of the winding taps; at least one toothed gearing comprising a first gearwheel and a second gearwheel, the first gearwheel being assigned to the selector, and the second gearwheel being assigned to the diverter switch; and a drive shaft, which is configured to be actuated by a motor drive. The first gearwheel and the second gearwheel are directly interconnected mechanically in such a way that the first gearwheel and the second gearwheel are simultaneously actuatable. The drive shaft is configured to drive either the first gearwheel or the second gearwheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Schuster, Andreas Raith, Georg Kellendorfer
  • Publication number: 20220392716
    Abstract: A selector (1) for an on-load tap changer, comprising a tap selector (2) with at least one selector arm (21, 22); a change-over selector (4), characterized in that the change-over selector (4) is actuated via at least one of the selector arms (21, 22) of the tap selector (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Schuster, Georg Kellendorfer, Andreas Raith
  • Publication number: 20220016983
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive train includes supplying a motor voltage to an electric motor by a converter for achieving a torque setpoint value, determining an angular velocity actual value and an angular acceleration actual value from values of the angular position of the rotor, determining the torque setpoint value from a moment of inertia and an angular acceleration setpoint value, which is determined as an actuation variable, determining the moment of inertia as the sum of the moment of inertia of the drive train without a load and the moment of inertia of the load, and determining the moment of inertia of the load from a torque actual value and from the angular acceleration actual value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas SCHUSTER
  • Publication number: 20210399666
    Abstract: In a method for monitoring the operation of an electric motor and a lifting mechanism, the motor current is acquired, and the electric motor has, for example, an electromagnetically actuable brake, e.g., a holding brake. In the method, a pre-magnetization is performed when the electric motor is switched on, the characteristic of the acquired values of the motor current is monitored for an exceeding of a permissible measure of deviation from a setpoint characteristic, and a brake of the electric motor is activated, e.g., remains applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas SCHUSTER, Robert BECKER
  • Publication number: 20210044235
    Abstract: A method for determining an angular position of a rotor of a synchronous motor, having a stator winding fed by a three-phase voltage set by an inverter, includes: supplying a control signal to the inverter to set the three-phase voltage fed to the motor as a stator voltage to control a motor current, acquired by a current-acquisition device, to a setpoint stator current; determining a stator flux from a time characteristic of the stator voltage and an acquired value of the stator current; and determining the angular position of the rotor from the stator flux and a flux-value dependence as a function of the stator current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian HECKER, Thomas SCHUSTER
  • Patent number: 10819263
    Abstract: In a method for determining the angular position of the rotor of a synchronous motor fed by an inverter, the inverter is actuated by a signal electronics including a control unit, in particular having a processing unit and a memory, the stator current in particular is acquired with the aid of at least one current-acquisition device, the synchronous motor having a stator winding, which is fed by a three-phase voltage, i.e. stator voltage, which is set by the inverter such that the acquired stator current is controlled to a predefined setpoint stator current by the control unit, a setpoint stator current with a first actuation angle relative to the stator winding is predefined, in particular in the d-direction, the stator flux is determined from the time characteristic of the stator voltage and the acquired values of the stator current, and an angle value, in particular the angular position, is determined from the determined stator flux and a flux-value dependence as a function of a stator current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Hecker, Thomas Schuster
  • Publication number: 20190319564
    Abstract: In a method for determining the angular position of the rotor of a synchronous motor fed by an inverter, the inverter is actuated by a signal electronics including a control unit, in particular having a processing unit and a memory, the stator current in particular is acquired with the aid of at least one current-acquisition device, the synchronous motor having a stator winding, which is fed by a three-phase voltage, i.e. stator voltage, which is set by the inverter such that the acquired stator current is controlled to a predefined setpoint stator current by the control unit, a setpoint stator current with a first actuation angle relative to the stator winding is predefined, in particular in the d-direction, the stator flux is determined from the time characteristic of the stator voltage and the acquired values of the stator current, and an angle value, in particular the angular position, is determined from the determined stator flux and a flux-value dependence as a function of a stator current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Christian HECKER, Thomas SCHUSTER
  • Patent number: 10211627
    Abstract: A network node for a substation or a local network station has a control transformer with a primary side and a secondary side, an input line connected to the primary side, and an output line connected to the secondary side. A protective switch is provided in the input line or in the output line, and a sensor detects an electrical parameter in the input line or in the output line and generate a measurement signal. A controller coupled to the control transformer, to the protective switch, and to the sensor, serves to operate the control transformer in dependence on the measurement signal such that the control transformer has a predetermined transmission ratio and open the protective switch in dependence on the measurement signal as soon as the control transformer has the predetermined transmission ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Sachsenhauser, Uwe Kaltenborn, Thomas Schuster
  • Patent number: 10153074
    Abstract: A support module (10) for polarization resistors of an on-load tap changer comprises:—a supporting region (11) for at least one polarization resistor; —a first joint region (13); —a second joint region (14) which is compatible with the first joint region. A support frame (19) for polarization resistors of an on-load tap changer comprises:—two such support modules which are joined by virtue of the second joint region of the first support module bearing at least partially against the first joint region of the second support module. A fastening element (24) for polarization resistors (22) comprises:—two electrically conductive accommodating sections (25), which each have an accommodating opening (27) for one of the ends (23) of a polarization resistor (22);—an electrically conductive connecting section (26), which connects the two accommodating sections (25) mechanically and electrically to one another;—a first piece (28.1), which comprises the first accommodating section (25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Hiltner, Thomas Schuster, Moritz Bengler
  • Patent number: 10147563
    Abstract: The invention relates to an on-load tap changer (2) according to the reactor switching principle for uninterrupted load switching between different tap windings of a tapped transformer (1), comprising: —an inductor (3) which is designed as an inductive transition reactance; —the inductor (3) being part of the on-load tap changer (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Kaltenborn, Alfred Bieringer, Christian Hammer, Christian Pircher, Andreas Sachsenhauser, Thomas Schuster
  • Patent number: 9948225
    Abstract: A drive, including an electric motor, which is supplied by a rectifier, the rectifier including a time-discrete closed-loop control structure, which regulates the stator current of the electric motor by setting the voltage applied at the motor, the current of the motor being acquired in time-discrete fashion, the closed-loop control structure including a first closed-loop controller whose setpoint is the output value of a first non-linear transfer member, and whose actual value is the output value of a second non-linear transfer member, the input value of the first non-linear transfer member being the setpoint of a first current component of the current, the input value of the second non-linear transfer member being the actual value of a first current component of the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO.KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hammel, Thomas Schuster
  • Patent number: 9941064
    Abstract: In an on-load tap changer (10) for controlling voltage of a tapped transformer (15) it is provided that the tapped transformer (15) has at least one regulatable phase (16) that has a first winding (20) and a second winding (30); the first winding (20) has a regulating winding (21) with even-numbered winding taps (23) and a main winding (22), and the second winding (30) has a regulating winding (31) with odd-numbered winding taps (33) and a main winding (32); the first winding (20) and the second winding (30) having the regulating windings (21, 31) of the even-numbered and of the odd-numbered winding taps (23, 33), are inductively coupled; the on-load tap changer (10) has a selector (40) for the alternating power-free preselection of the even-numbered or odd-numbered winding taps (23, 33) to be switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Hammer, Andreas Sachsenhauser, Konrad Raedlinger, Max Weidinger, Thomas Schuster
  • Patent number: 9718520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a loading arrangement for ships including a plurality of bales, in particular packaged garbage round bales that are stacked in a hull and that can be loaded and/or unloaded by a crane and/or a transfer device, preferably with gripper tongs for gripping two bales at once in each case. For the gentle unloading and secure gripping of the bales, according to the invention the bales are stacked in multiple transverse rows (5), in particular dual rows, between which in each case a bale stack (6) is arranged that is oriented in a right angled horizontally twisted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Schuster